Improvement in feed-steamers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN PIERCE, OF CEDAR FALLS IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEED-STEAMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,060, dated July 18, 1876; application filed May 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN PIERCE, of Cedar Falls, in the county of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Feed-Steamers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear. and exact description of the-construction and operation .of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure lof the drawings is a representation of a plan view of my teed-steamer. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a: nu, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the same. Fig. 4is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through yy.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a feed-cooker or feed-steamer for farmers use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a water-tigh t barrel,"hogshead, or other suitable receptacle, within which is the furnace B.

fuel used. This magazine should be providedv with an interior lining. Aseries of horizontal tubes, G G, passes through the fire-box, communicating with the water-space at both ends.

These tubes, being filled with water and con-' stantly surrounded by the fire, cause a rapid and continuous generation of steam. On top of the barrel A is a water-reservoir, H, connected by a tube, a, with the Water-space therein. The upper end of this tube is closed by a valve, b, attachedto a rod, d ,'and this rod connected with one end of a rocking lever,

-e, the other end of said lever being, by a rod,

f, connected with a float-valve, I, within a the barrel. The water of course stands in this tube, and as it sinks the float Ialso sinks, thereby opening the valve 11 and letting in more-water; and as the water rises again, the float also rises and closes the valve 1). The tube J extends down to the top of the fire-box B, and has two holes,a: .70, near the end. The upper end of the tube-J has a plug, K, through which the rod'f passes. On this rod, below the plug, is a valve, It, which, when the float rises, shuts off the steam around the float-rod, and as it falls lets off the steam, so that the water can .flow in without resistance. L is a safety-valve, with lever M and adjustable weight P thereon, to regulate the pressure: The steam generated in the barrel A is carried through a hose, N, with metal tube O at the end, to any barrel or vessel containing the feed to be cooked or water to be heated.

The end of the metal tube 0 is to be closed and its sides perforated near the end, so as to scatter or spread the steam in the vessel where'needed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. In a feed-steamer, the combination of the barrel A, reservoir H, tube a, valve 1), rocking lever E, rods d f, and float I in the tube J,

as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a feed-steamer, the combination of the tube J, provided with apertures w 00 near its lower end, with plug K, rodf, and valve h, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a feedsteamer, the combination of the of two witnesses.

WARREN PIERCE.

Witnesses:

F. MATTHIAS, f GEO. KNOGHE. 

